POWELL TOWNSHIP, MI— A downstate man was found by rescue personnel after he became lost in Powell Township Sunday afternoon.
Sheriff’s deputies and Marquette County Search and Rescue were dispatched around 4:30 p.m. to a remote area north of Blind 35 along the Salmon Trout River. Brent Lyons, 52, of Otsego had walked away from a group of people at a private memorial service for some friends. He was last seen around 1:30 p.m.
Friends searched for Lyons but couldn’t find him. Due to a poor cellular signal, someone in the group left the area to call 911. Central Dispatch was contacted around 4:30 and rescue personnel located Lyons at about 7 p.m.
No injuries were reported.
Assisting in the incident were officers from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation and Fire Divisions and Powell Township Fire and EMS.
The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office reminds all people who venture outdoors to use the buddy system and take survival gear in case of an emergency.
